Jeffrey C. "J.C." Chandor is an American writer/director, best known as the director of the film Margin Call released in 2011. He graduated in 1996 from the College of Wooster.For the fifteen years of his career leading up to Margin Call, Chandor directed commercials.
Margin Call was the first feature-length film from Chandor. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The film also played In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear.On January 24, 2012, Chandor was nominated for an Academy Award for Margin Call in the Best Original Screenplay category.His upcoming film All Is Lost has been selected to be screened Out of Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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